CIDP Research & Innovation

Products & Services

There is unquestionably a high and ever increasing demand for cosmetic ingredients and novel drugs from natural sources (terrestrial, marine flora etc.). We provide a wide range of products and services to support and meet the demands of our clients in research and innovative product development.Read more

Research Activities

CIDP R&I is particularly attentive to the Human – Plant relationship and via our activities, value will be added to this nexus through research and development. Since our incorporation in Mauritius in 2009, our research activity has been focused on plants and their potential application in the field of cosmetic, nutrition and therapy. Read more

Prof. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

Founder of CIDP R&I

On June 5th 2015, our renowned Professor was nominated President of the Republic of Mauritius. Prior to her position as the Managing Director of CIDP Research and Innovation from 2011 to 2015, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim has served successively as Dean of the Faculty of Science and Pro Vice Chancellor (2004-2010) at the University of Mauritius, she also used to be an endowed chair of Organic Chemistry. She was elected Chairperson of the International Council for Scientific Union – Regional Office for Africa (2011-2013).

She earned a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Surrey, UK (1983) and a PhD from the University of Exeter (1987). Between 1987-1992, she served as Project leader for the first regional research project on the Inventory and study of medicinal and aromatic plants of the Indian Ocean. She has also worked with many international agencies including the World Bank, UN bodies on issues related to sustainable development.

Elected Fellow from many institutions, the most important and recent being: Laureate for the l’Oreal-UNESCO Prize for Women in Science (2007). In 2013, she received DSc from the Université Pierre Marie Curie (Sorbonne), France. In April 2014, she was elected on the Governing Council of the African Academy of Sciences.